Feed-cutter



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l lVI. KLIMA.

FEED GUTTER.

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FEED CUTTER.

No. 392,925. Patented Nov. 13, 1888i..

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UNITED STATES PATENT "OrrieE,

MARTIN KLIMA, OF TABOR, VISCONSIN.

FEED-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392,925, dated November 13, 1888.

Application filed June 8, i888. Serial No. 276,507. (No model.)

To all whom, i may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARTIN KLIMA, of Tabor P. O., in the county of Racine, and in the State of IViseonsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Feed-Cutters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to feedY cutters,and will be fully described hereinafter. Y,

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan View of my invention. Fig. 2 is abroken front elevation; Fig. 3, a section on line 3 3, Fig. l; Fig. 4, a section on line 4 4, Fig. 2, and Figs. 5and G are details.

A is the frame of my machine. B is the driving-shaft, and C the knife-wheel. The driving-shaft has its bearings at a a. and a on the frame and lies parallel tothe feed-box. It carries a bevel-pinion, E, j ust inside of its bearing a to engage a bevel-wheel, F, which last has east with it three or more pinions, b c d, each of less diameter than the other, in the order named, forming a nest,which is carried by a short shaft, G, which shaft may be cast with said nest. The shaft G has its bearings in a cross-piecc, at one end and in an arched strap, g, at the other.

H is the upper feed-roller shaft that is jointed at 7L and has a loose bearing at one end in a bracket, I, that projects up from the erosspiecej of the frame, and just inside of its bearing carries a pinion, Ii, that meshes with a pinion, Il, on the shaft M of the lower feed-roller. This lastnamed sh aftis jonrnaled in each end of the frame, and is squared at m to reeeivethe hub a of a pinion, N, which hub projects out on each side to receive the arms O O of a bifureated lever, l", and be` tween the said arms a small pinion, p, is pivoted on an axle, p. The handle of lever P extends forward, and is adapted for engaging with either of the notches q q qt of a standard, Q, that is bolted to the front portion of the frame. 4

The feed-rollers are formed with parallel rows of teeth i', which teeth are separated by alternately deep and shallow serrations, as at s and s', respectively, as I find that surfaces formed in this way take hold of the stock better than a surface made up of teeth separated by serrations of equal depth between all of the teeth.

The knives T are riveted or bolted to the flanges c of the knife-wheel, and the blades are adjusted by set-bolts ci to give them the proper angle.

Ihe shaft II passes through a stirrup, V, that hangs over the hood V of the feed-box D, and a lever, W, that is hung to the frame at w, is linked to the lower member of the stirrup at w', while the free end of lever W carries a weight, W, which weight is adjustable on the lever and serves through it to hold the upper roller down to its work.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The squared portion of the shaft M is long enough to permit the pinion N to be adj usted thereon so as to bring said pinion and pinion p in line with either of the pinions Z) ed, and when these pinions are adjusted to give the proper speed to the rollers the lever I? is depressed and its handle is caught under one of the notches q Q q2 of the standard Q,where it is held down to secure the engagement of the pinion p with the proper pinion of the nest.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a feed-cutter, the combination, with the driving-shaft and its bevelpinion, of a bevelwheel and its shaft and a nest of pinions of varying diameters carried thereby, the feedroller shafts and their pinions, a large pinion carried by the lower roller-shaft and adapted to slide thereon, the bifurcated lever with its arms on each side of the large pinion, and a small pinion pivoted between the arms of the lever for engagement with any desired pinion of the nest, substantially as described.

In testimony that'I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, at Milwaukee, in the count-y of Milwaukee and State of Wiscousin, in the presence of two witnesses.

M ARTIN KLI M A Vitnesses:

S. S. S'roo'r, N. E. OLIPHANT. 

